Fire-extinguisher.



G. B. GALLUP.

FIRE EXTINGUISHER.

APPLICATION FILED Aue.e. 1914.

1 ,13'7,202, I Patented Apr. 27, 1915.

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GEORGE GAL-L171, 0F BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

FIBE-EXTINGUISI-IER. I

To all 107mm it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE B. GALLUI, a citizen of the United States, residing at Boston, in the county of Suffolk and'State of Massachusetts, have. invented new and useful Improvements in Fire-Extinguishers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a device for extinguishing fires.

The object of the invention is to provide a device of the character set forth which will be cheap in construction so that a number of them may be utilized and placed in different rooms or halls of a building without excessive expense.

Further the object of the invention is to provide a fire extinguisher which can be readily used by women or children to beat out a fire when it is in its early stages.

The object of the invention is also to provide a device of the character set forth which is so simple and its manner of use so self-evident that in the hurry and excitement incident to a fire the same can be used without the exercise of much discretion or judgment.

In carrying my invention into practical operation I utilize a casing which is preferably hermetically sealed and contains a liquid consisting of a combination of chemical elements diluted in water which, when brought in contact with fire, tend to produce carbonic acid gas. In the casing is a broom with the handle thereof projecting through the top of the cover of the casing, the cover being made so that it can be easily removed or broken when the broom is withdrawn from the casing. The casing is placed in a convenient position, preferably fastened to a wall, near the fioor and the broom can readily be withdrawn to whip out thefire In whipping out the fire the same willbe extinguished by reasonv of said whipping or fiagellation and also on account of the formation of carbonic acid gas due to the contact of the fire with the chemical mixture contained in the broom when the same is withdrawn from the casing.

The invention consists in the combination and arrangement of parts set forth in the following specification and particularly pointed out in the claims thereof.

Referring to the drawings: Figure 1 is aplan view of my improved fire extinguisher, the handle of the broom being Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 27, 1915.

Application'filed August 6, 1914. Serial No. 855,501. 1

projects through a hole 9 in the top 10 of the casing. The top 10 may be made of glass or other brittle substance or it may be made of wood or metal and divided into two parts 11 and 12, the hole 9 being 10- cated between the adjacent ends of said parts 11 and 12. Said top is preferably fastened to the casing 5 by a layer of suitable adhesive material '13. The hole 9 and the dividing space 14 between the parts 11 and 12 of the cover 10 are sealed up by a strip of sheet material 15 which is fastened to the top 10 by suitable adhesive material. If the cover 10 is made of glass it is unnecessary to divide the same into two parts, but said glass may be all in one part with the hole 9 extending therethrough and when the broom or flagellator is withdrawn from the casing 5 the glass will be shattered, leaving the broom free for manipulation by the user.

The manner in which the device is used and operates is as follows: The device, as hereinbefore set forth, is fastened to a wall by means of screws extending through the ears 6 and into the wall and the casing is filled with a suitable liquid 16 consisting, preferably, of a combination of chemical elements dissolved in water, which, when brought in contact with the fire by means 'of the broom or flagellator 7 contained within the casing and immersed in the liquid 16, tend to produce carbonic acid ing the same to beat or whip the fire to put out the flames. The action of the broom or flagellator in thus whipping or beating the fire to extinguish the same is two-fold the jarring of the flagellator tends to extinguish the flames and the chemical liquid contained within said flagellator and upon its surface is sprinkled over the flames and by contact therewith carbonic acid gas is produced'which smothers the flames and eX- tinguishes the fire.

While a broom'is the preferred means used by me for the flagellator, it is evident that without departing from the spirit of my invention any form of flagellator may be-nsed, so long as the same is adapted to absorb, contain or hold a certain amount of a liquid. 7

Copies of this patent may be obtained for Having thus described my invention, What I claim and desire by Letters Patent to secure is:

A fire extinguisher having, in combination, a receptacle adapted to contain liquid, a top for said receptacle made in two parts, a broom located within said receptacle and a handle for said broom projecting through a hole provided in said top between the adjacent ends of said top. I

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscrib-' ing witnesses. V

g GEORGE B. GALLUP. Witnesses:

SYDNEY E. TAFT, ANNIE J. DAILEY.

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